I write because I have these characters in my head who won't leave me alone unless I write their stories down. Of course, when I do, there are...
You're the only one who can answer this question, but here are some thoughts. Firstly, what will you do if you get rejected in the end? Query...
This ^ Yes, you can make money from it, but to make more than pizza-and-wine money, it's incredibly hard work. The people I know who've made the...
To be honest, once you start focusing on the potential audience for a story, it's already slipping out of your grasp. Write the book first, and...
It's interesting, but, as you say, it's out of date. I would also urge caution when anyone talks about 'your self-publishing company'. That's a...
The big difference, between book 1 and book 2, was that I discovered promotion! So it went like this: 1 book out: $2/day {no promotion to start...
Thanks for all the information, Brian. There's no substitute for hard data from those who are already published. To emphasize the point that it...
Novellas are notoriously difficult to sell. A lot of people price them at $0.99 or permafree, or else just give them away as a reader magnet. I...
I might just possibly connect the two (I have a lot of G&S lyrics imprinted on my brain), but it would be an 'echo', if you will. Just a word...
That's an interesting distinction to draw. The review is the distillation of the experience. I don't see how they can meaningfully be separated...
I would put it even more strongly than that. Every reader's experience of the book is as valid as anyone else's. A book is more than a product....
One small point, Brian - if you're in the 35% royalty range (by manually setting the price to 99c rather than using a Countdown), you don't pay...
This is good stuff, Brian. I'd add just a few extra points: 1) You can put a signup link at the front AND back of your books. I put a list of all...
You should be cautious about interacting with these sites. Some of them don't have the book available at all, it's just a con to get hold of...
Thanks for the thought, anyway. The next promo probably won't be until January, so I'll try and remember to let you know!
I think the second and third books make a huge difference. Whatever level you start at, each successive book is likely to bump things up a notch....
Brian, I'm so pleased that it's gone so well for you. It means that you will have a reservoir of fans ready and waiting for whatever you put out...
Amazon's getting antsy about reviews at the moment. They're clamping down on any reviews where the reviewer is deemed to have some connection to...
I would have thought they were very different things. To me, a synopsis is a brief summary of the whole story, including all the major plot...
I don't think anyone thinks they're putting out complete dreck. On the contrary, there are a lot of beginner authors who think they've written a...
